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Lin, Shou-ying – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1977
Based on travel to the People's Republic of China, language changes and reform are reported. New meanings of old expressions and new expressions are listed and discussed. Language reform consists of: popularization of Putonghua, simplification of the characters, and romanization of the Chinese Language. (SW)
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Usage
Biscaye, Elizabeth; Pepper, Mary – 1989
The 1986 report by the Canadian Task Force on Aboriginal Languages, which recommended that the writing systems used for the northern Dene languages be standardized within 10 years, resulted in the 1987 Dene Standardization Project. The mandate for the project was to make recommendations on orthography standardization as the first step in the…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations